This comprehensive volume brings together essays by one of the most influential literary, cultural and intellectual voices of our time: Arthur Miller.
Arranged chronologically from 1944 to 2000, these writings take the reader on a whirlwind tour of modern history alongside offering a remarkable record of Miller”s views on theater. They give eloquent expression to his belief in ”the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone”. Published with the essays are articles that Miller had written and in-depth interviews he has given.
This collection features material from two earlier publications:
Echoes Down the Corridor and
The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. It is edited and features a new introduction by Matthew Roudané, Regents Professor of American Drama at Georgia State University.
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Arthur Miller understands that serious writing is a social act as well as an aesthetic one, that political involvement comes with the territory. A writer”s work and his actions should be of the same cloth, after all. His plays and his conscience are a cold burning force.” Edward Albee